What do Sylvester Stallone, Andrea Bocelli, Martha Stewart, Mao, Julia Child, James Joyce, Colonel Sanders, Rodney Dangerfield, Harrison Ford, and Jesus all have in common?
Sylvester Stallone, deli counter attendant. After getting no career traction as an actor in his 20s, Stallone attacked his 30s like any 5'3 man should: He wrote a movie where he was an all-American hero with unbelievable success in sports.That movie was "Rocky"... he banged out the "Rocky" screenplay in three days, in between working at a deli counter and as a movie theater usher... and it launched his career with an Academy Award for Best Picture.
I guess I shouldn't abandon my dream of being a masked crime fighter and defender of liberty.
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